Why the Palin Hack Could Happen Again and Again - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
The article summarizes how easy it was to hack into Governor Palin's Yahoo account.
The fix is easy (where possible). The fix is to give the wrong answer to the security question. What you do is take the name of some random city (or better yet, some random text) that you can remember and use that to answer the security question. You don't have to answer with the correct answer!
The problem with Yahoo is, now that you know this hint, you can't change your security question. But you might try this with your bank.
(I think I heard this idea on the Security Now podcast.)
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